Mechanism of gasdermin D recognition by inflammatory caspases and their inhibition by a gasdermin D-derived peptide inhibitor

J Yang, Z Liu, C Wang, R Yang… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
The inflammasomes are signaling platforms that promote the activation of inflammatory
caspases such as caspases-1,-4,-5, and-11. Recent studies identified gasdermin D …

Inflammatory caspases: activation and cleavage of gasdermin-D in vitro and during pyroptosis

Y Zhao, J Shi, F Shao - Innate Immune Activation: Methods and Protocols, 2018 - Springer
Gasdermin-D (also known as GSDMD), the newly identified executioner of pyroptotic cell
death, is cleaved by activated caspase-1 downstream of canonical inflammasome activation …

Caspase-1 engages full-length gasdermin D through two distinct interfaces that mediate caspase recruitment and substrate cleavage

Z Liu, C Wang, J Yang, Y Chen, B Zhou, DW Abbott… - Immunity, 2020 - cell.com
The recognition and cleavage of gasdermin D (GSDMD) by inflammatory caspases-1, 4, 5,
and 11 are essential steps in initiating pyroptosis after inflammasome activation. Previous …

The Gasdermin D N-terminal fragment acts as a negative feedback system to inhibit inflammasome-mediated activation of Caspase-1/11

Y Hu, Y Jiang, S Li, X Ma, M Chen… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Inflammatory pathways usually utilize negative feedback regulatory systems to prevent
tissue damage arising from excessive inflammatory response. Whether such negative …

Control of gasdermin D oligomerization and pyroptosis by the Ragulator-Rag-mTORC1 pathway

CL Evavold, I Hafner-Bratkovič, P Devant, JM D'Andrea… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
The process of pyroptosis is mediated by inflammasomes and a downstream effector known
as gasdermin D (GSDMD). Upon cleavage by inflammasome-associated caspases, the N …

No longer married to inflammasome signaling: the diverse interacting pathways leading to pyroptotic cell death

A Weir, JE Vince - Biochemical Journal, 2022 - portlandpress.com
For over 15 years the lytic cell death termed pyroptosis was defined by its dependency on
the inflammatory caspase, caspase-1, which, upon pathogen sensing, is activated by innate …

Emerging insights into molecular mechanisms underlying pyroptosis and functions of inflammasomes in diseases

F Lu, Z Lan, Z Xin, C He, Z Guo… - Journal of cellular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Pyroptosis is a form of necrotic and inflammatory programmed cell death, which could be
characterized by cell swelling, pore formation on plasma membranes, and release of …

Gasdermin E permits interleukin-1 beta release in distinct sublytic and pyroptotic phases

B Zhou, DW Abbott - Cell reports, 2021 - cell.com
Cellular inflammasome activation causes caspase-1 cleavage of the pore-forming protein
gasdermin D (GSDMD) with subsequent pyroptotic cell death and cytokine release. Here …

GSDMD membrane pore formation constitutes the mechanism of pyroptotic cell death

L Sborgi, S Rühl, E Mulvihill, J Pipercevic… - The EMBO …, 2016 - embopress.org
Pyroptosis is a lytic type of cell death that is initiated by inflammatory caspases. These
caspases are activated within multi‐protein inflammasome complexes that assemble in …

Gasdermin D is an executor of pyroptosis and required for interleukin-1β secretion

W He, H Wan, L Hu, P Chen, X Wang, Z Huang… - Cell research, 2015 - nature.com
Inflammasome is an intracellular signaling complex of the innate immune system. Activation
of inflammasomes promotes the secretion of interleukin 1β (IL-1β) and IL-18 and triggers …